Blooming Grove Cemetery on Pflaum Road is
another reminder of the pioneer days of the area. This small tract of land located east of
LaFollette High School includes a mass grave for some of the Confederate soldiers who died
while at Camp Randall during the early years of the Civil War. It is not known why they
were transported here rather than to Forest Hill Cemetery, where 140 of their comrades are
buried.

Cemetery map with lot numbers

Jean LaGue first recorded the complete set of inscriptions for the cemetery in
1984-85 and rechecked her records in 1989. Her notes follow:

The oldest inscription in the cemetery is that
of Thomas Sawyer, who according to the 1880 Biography of Dane County died the 20th of May
1848. The stone is of granite and so may have been erected later.

There are many unmarked graves, including
several that are enclosed by a fence. There are also a few old stones that were too worn
to read. Some of the abbreviations that I used are as follows: